I on my phone now so can't reply in detail now. That would be a good idea for a guide.

the curly brackets indicate, that the surrounding hexcells are consecutive, the hyphens tell you that they are not connected. If it's a plain number, you can't tell if they are connected or not. That's all there is ;-)

3 - (number with no brackets or anything around it) - means there are 3 blue hexes somewhere in the six spaces directly touching around that numbered hex.

{3} - means that there are 3 hexes around that hex that are all touching each other. No blank spaces between them. Gaps in design layout do not count. For instance, if there is a column with 5 hexes, a gap, then 5 more hexes, the 3 blue hexes could be two on one side and one on the other and it still counts as them touching.

-3- means that there are 3 hexes around that hex that are NOT all touching, BUT some might be. For instance, there could be two touching, then a blank space, then a single hex for the third. Also, gaps in the design do not count, so if there is a column going down with 5 hexes, a gap, then 5 more hexes, the gaps do not count as not touching.

Blue Hex with Number - I'll use 3 again to be consistent. Means that there are 3 blue hexes other than itself somewhere within an area around that hex--If i remember I think it's 2 spaces away in all directions. Click on the blue numbered hex and it will show a faint (very faint) outline of where they can be.

Number on top, side or diagonal of column or row - means there are that many blue hexes in a straight line down that column or row. Watch out for multiple numbers when there are gaps. The topmost number is the TOTAL of the entire column, but there could be a gap and then another number above some hexes, and that second number only counts for the bottom column.

I think I covered everything or at least the basics. Hope it makes sense, it's hard to describe without showing examples.

@Jxt09 Thank you very much.

Originally posted by KamilZm:

@Jxt09 Thank you very much.

you are very welcome! The Hexcells games are one of my favorite puzzle games and I'm happy to help people. By the way, if you have Hexcells Infinite you might want to play some of the random puzzles because they are usually easy, or at least easier than the hand-crafted puzzles. I learned some good tricks and mind shortcuts by doing lots of random puzzles and it really helped me do the regular ones better.

Originally posted by Jxt09:

Originally posted by KamilZm:

@Jxt09 Thank you very much.

you are very welcome! The Hexcells games are one of my favorite puzzle games and I'm happy to help people. By the way, if you have Hexcells Infinite you might want to play some of the random puzzles because they are usually easy, or at least easier than the hand-crafted puzzles. I learned some good tricks and mind shortcuts by doing lots of random puzzles and it really helped me do the regular ones better.

Great! Thank you Jxt!